Instrument guidance compatible with your ultrasound. Enhances hospital/clinic capability, throughput and accuracy.
How CLEAR GUIDE AR Guidance Solutions Work
Conventional handheld 2D ultrasound does not provide co-registration of imaging and tools, so guidance is often needed to achieve satisfactory targeting. The SCENERGY shows instruments overlaid on live imaging, visually tracking probe and tools relative to each other. Targets can be defined interactively on the CORE touchscreen.
And CLEAR GUIDE Imaging Solutions immediately work with customary instruments (needles, ablator introducers, syringes, etc.), and is visible as insertion paths. In addition, for certain instruments, when using Clear Guide TipTags, the tip tracking also allows the monitoring of insertion depth.
For sterile interventions, CLEAR GUIDE SteriMASK sterile probe covers offer a complete solution.
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Ultrasound-guided intervention without navigation
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CLEAR GUIDE AR guidance finds the virtual instrument path and hits targets…with confidence!
What Clinicians Say About CLEAR GUIDE Imaging Solutions
The system is especially useful for aligning the needle when it is inserted far from the probe – such as for popliteal blocks.” – Dr. Paul E. Bigeleisen, MD / Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Hospital / Co-author of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2nd ed.
Having used the CLEAR GUIDE ONE in several of our procedures (such as vascular access and nerve blocks) over the last three months, I think it shows real promise to improve our efficiency and make deeper procedures easier. I also like the fact that it uses our existing ultrasound equipment and needles which has enabled a seamless integration with our existing workflow and processes.” – Dr. Irwin Gratz, Professor of Anesthesiology and Residency Program Director / Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
∧ SCENERGY on-screen instrument guidance: target selected on live ultrasound stream, with overlaid instrument trajectory and PercepTIP position to monitor insertion depth.
For advanced practitioners, it will give an opportunity to access the areas that were considered unsafe with ultrasound or impossible to reach.
For beginners, it will give a level of confidence that they know where to start, where to finish, because for them the main problem is to keep the needle in-plane and to predict the place where the tip will shine out-of-plane. Therefore, elimination of complexity and uncertainty may help beginners to feel more comfortable, facilitate success in tough procedures and positively impact the learning curve.” – Dr. Michael Gofeld, MD / Department of Anesthesia / St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
∧ CLEAR GUIDE ONE connected to a SonoSite M-Turbo ultrasound machine.
The CLEAR GUIDE ONE system may have the potential to better facilitate the use of ultrasound guidance for the administration of spinals and epidurals via the paramedian approach. The needle can be inserted outside of the ultrasound field and strict “in-line/in-plane” insertion for needle visualization appears to be unnecessary. Further research to evaluate the potential is certainly warranted.” – Dr. William Craig, MD / San Antonio, TX
